Seizing on the conflict in Georgia, East European countries are pushing for strong measures against an aggressive Moscow they say they know all too well.
AP - Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War tensions.
AP - Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon created flooding that breached an earthen dam Sunday and forced helicopters to pluck scores of residents and campers from the gorge. No injuries were immediately reported.
AP - The United States on Sunday accused Russia of stalling its military pullback in Georgia, but the Bush administration is not rushing to repudiate Moscow for its actions.
Cuba braced for Tropical Storm Fay as it closed on the western end of the island nation overnight, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Traffic out of the Florida Keys was brutal at times on Sunday as officials urged the evacuation of thousands from the path of the approaching storm.
An earthen dam at the Grand Canyon breached after heavy rains, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of campers and residents in Arizona, including a portion of a Native American reservation, officials said Sunday. Helicopters are evacuating more than 200 campers, paddlers and other tourists, and another 400 residents of the Supai area.